The Dead of 2024

[Sir Creep 7,095]

8 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said:

Original host of TV game show Hollywood Squares Peter Marshall, who presented the show from 1966 to 1981, died at 98 years:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/peter-marshall-dead-hollywood-squares-1235975744/

Not sure, which thread would fit, thats how I posted it here.

Ridiculously poor miss by the Committee.  

[En Passant 3,841]

Just now, Sir Creep said:

Ridiculously poor miss by the Committee.   

 

Yeah, cause we're all on that one - the terrible committee cockup when someone dies that they didn't name.

FS Sir Cunto, You're smarter than this - show it for once.

[Bibliogryphon 9,779]

7 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Ridiculously poor miss by the Committee.  

 

Not on the Crowdsourced List

 

Not a major pick in the DDP

 

Not a household name on this side of the Atlantic

 

Not a big miss

[Master Obit 938]

8 hours ago, En Passant said:

 

Yeah, cause we're all on that one - the terrible committee cockup when someone dies that they didn't name.

FS Sir Cunto, You're smarter than this - show it for once.

Have you any peer-reviewed evidence for this?

[Ulitzer95 13,256]

The Joe Meek Society reporting on Facebook that arranger Charles Blackwell (wiki) has died aged 84.

Started working for Meek at 18, then went on to work on some of the biggest hits of the 1960s and 70s.

[Death Impends 8,404]

3 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

The Joe Meek Society reporting on Facebook that arranger Charles Blackwell (wiki) has died aged 84.

Started working for Meek at 18, then went on to work on some of the biggest hits of the 1960s and 70s.

 

Joe Meek to Engelbert Humperdinck, what a downgrade.

[Spade_Cooley 9,805]

From his Wikipedia page:
 

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The million selling "Tchin Tchin" by Richard Anthony was also composed by him.[17] Also in 1962 he was musical director for a Jimmy Savile song "Ahab the Arab" which, today (2022), would be regarded as too offensive to broadcast. 

 

Yeah, the lyrics would be the only reason it's not on constant radio rotation today.

[chel 376]

On the morning of 14 August, Stanislav Pechenkin, a sailor from Irkutsk, died on Lake Baikal while trying to escape from a bear. The man jumped from a cliff and fell to the rocks in Zmeinaya Bay in Buryatia. He was 56 years old.

Stanislav Pechenkin has won more than 20 professional awards not only in Russia but also internationally. He has won first, second and third places in regattas in Thailand, Malaysia, Greece, Khakassia and the Caribbean Business Regatta. He has won the Baikal Cup four times and the Irkutsk Mayor's Cup twice.

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[Summer in Transylvania 2,455]

Radio presenter and popular pool pick since his entry into hospice last December Wayne Eddy reportedly dead.

[drol 12,737]

Today we mourn a man whose beauty was perfect, almost annoying. This was a curse for him, as he seemed destined to remain a handsome vegetable, without the possibility of having a career or develope a personality on his own. Only thanks to his outstanding abilities, he managed to become a global icon and a beloved face everywhere in the world.

 

From humble starts, he rose to the presidency of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1987, and was one of the leading physicists of his generation. We'll miss you, Zhou Guangzhao.

[Nyark76 20]

French cinema Legend Alain Delon dies at 88 : 

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/alain-delon-death-cause-movies-b2597967.html

 

Another huge miss for the list this year

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,951]

Former Argentinian President (and 3rd wife of Juan Peron)Isabel Peron worthy of consideration surely. Turned 93 this year . Would assume she'd get QO's from the BBC, Guardian etc... 

[livingbygrace 596]

Phil Donahue dies 88 years old

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/phil-donahue-talk-show-host-pioneer-dies-rcna129601

[YoungWillz 21,756]

Scott Thorson reportedly dead: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/scott-thorson-liberace-lover-wonderland-murders-witness-dies-behind-the-candelabra-1236118053/

[Joey Russ 7,338]

I mean he was never gonna make it to old bones but still shocking he actually died

[gcreptile 11,435]

Great, now I need a new joker.

[Death Impends 8,404]

It feels poetic I get to send off both Superstar Billy AND Thorson. The two dud picks who fooled me my first DDP year.

 

I was actually seriously going to pick him again starting next year, just as a throwaway pick in the really large pools, but still.

[dimreaper 898]

https://www.facebook.com/barnesandnoble

 

Former Barnes and Noble ceo, Leonard Riggio is dead at 83.

[livingbygrace 596]

Richard Macphail has passed away

 

https://www.genesis-news.com/news-Richard-Macphail-has-passed-away-n971.html

[YoungWillz 21,756]

Michael Bawtree, Australian born Canadian writer, librettist, playwright, actor etc etc, reportedly dead aged 86 on 24th August, one day before his 87th birthday: https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/maritime-theatre-community-remembers-michael-bawtree-for-his-contribution-to-the-arts-1.7016301

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062622/

[time 8,792]

On 16/08/2024 at 12:47, Ulitzer95 said:

The Joe Meek Society reporting on Facebook that arranger Charles Blackwell (wiki) has died aged 84.

Started working for Meek at 18, then went on to work on some of the biggest hits of the 1960s and 70s.

 

 

On 16/08/2024 at 12:53, Death Impends said:

 

Joe Meek to Engelbert Humperdinck, what a downgrade.

 

On 16/08/2024 at 12:58, Spade_Cooley said:

From his Wikipedia page:
 

 

Yeah, the lyrics would be the only reason it's not on constant radio rotation today.

Guardian obit for Charles Blackwell (reveals he died 14th August, if there's any Wikipedia editors watching).

[Spade_Cooley 9,805]

Henk Potts, Barclays banker who was one of the British media's go-to guys when they needed a pro-banker talking head in the mid 00s, dead at 50.

[Leon Brittan 299]

38 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Henk Potts, Barclays banker who was one of the British media's go-to guys when they needed a pro-banker talking head in the mid 00s, dead at 50.

I remember him on talk sport during the mid 2000s.

[odeon 137]

Jimmy carter survived rich homie quan...

[time 8,792]

Cruciverbalist Ann Tait, who spent over 20 years compiling The Telegraph's Wednesday crosswords, has died aged 83 (8th August)